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15 Cards in this Set
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Abiotic factor |
Non living |
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Biotic |
Living |
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Ecosystem |
Study of interactions of living organisms with one another with abiotic factors |
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10% rule |
Organisms use 90% of the energy so 10% of the energy is available to the future consumer |
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Biomass |
Dry weight |
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Consumer |
Hetotrophs get energy from producers |
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Decomposition |
Release of energy |
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Primary producers |
Autotrophs produce organic materials by photosynthesis |
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Producers |
Make their energy by photosynthesis |
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Tropic level |
A specific level were the organisms get the energy |
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Bio geochemical |
Te energy moving from dead things to living things |
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Succession |
Changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community |
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Biodiversity |
Unequally distribution globally Should be though in 3 levels - genes and alleles - species -ecosystem |
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Mass extinctions |
Sudden changes in environment |
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Background extinctions |
Consequences of selection pressure, result of natural selection |
